Criminal purchase of a semiautomatic rifle · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 265.65 Criminal purchase of a semiautomatic rifle.
A person is guilty of criminal purchase of a semiautomatic rifle when he or she purchases or takes possession of a semiautomatic rifle and does not possess a license to purchase or take possession of a semiautomatic rifle as provided in subdivision two of section 400.00 of this chapter. Criminal purchase of a semiautomatic rifle is a class A misdemeanor for the first offense and a class E felony for subsequent offenses.
Buying or taking possession of a semiautomatic rifle without the license required by § 400.00(2) is criminal purchase of a semiautomatic rifle. It is a class A misdemeanor for the first offense and a class E felony for later offenses. ★
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 4 — The Court Clerk: Penal Law; Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Court Officer: Penal Law; Volume 3 — Your Career: Penal Law in Plain English.